Ambassador Michael S. Comay, Israel’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, today branded as a “frivolous untruth” Syrian allegations that Israeli planes attacked the Syrian village of El-Douga last weekend.
In a letter to Secretary General U Thant, which Mr. Comay asked be circulated among the members of the Security Council, Ambassador Comay stressed the gravity of the situation created by the “pattern of aggression and harassment” of Syrian army positions which have been firing on Israel farmers in the region of Tel Katzir in northeast Israel and at Israeli patrol boats on Lake Tiberias. “The culpability and responsibility of the Syrian Government,” Ambassador Comay declared in the note, “cannot be evaded by putting out false and unfounded stories. “
The letter drew the Secretary General’s attention to “the constant harassment of Israel fishermen on the Lake and the constant illegal Syrian incursions onto the lake. ” It noted that 18 such incidents had occurred during the recent fishing season. Mr. Comay also listed five incidents in which Syrian fire was directed at Israeli farmers in the Tel Katzir area. “On numerous occasions representations have been made to the Syrian Government by UN authorities in an attempt to bring a halt to this aggressive and provocative behavior and to allay the tensions to which it gives rise, ” the letter stressed.
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